牢
(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,683 U+7262
How 牢 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A stable 宀 where cattle are kept 牛
How to remember it
jail · Heisig RSH #1594
house + 牛 cow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 牢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘴上无毛，办事不牢 | zuǐ shàng wú máo , bàn shì bù láo | see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2] |
| 嘴上没毛，办事不牢 | zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo | a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb) |
| 牢不可破 | láo bù kě pò | (idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid |
| 画地为牢 | huà dì wéi láo | lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); fig. to confine oneself t… |
| 大牢 | dà láo | prison |
| 牢子 | láo zǐ | jailer (old) |
| 水牢 | shuǐ láo | prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed |
| 牢头 | láo tóu | jailer (old) |
| 地牢 | dì láo | prison; dungeon |
| 吃牢饭 | chī láo fàn | (coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting f… |
| 牢什子 | láo shí zi | variant of 勞什子|劳什子[lao2 shi2 zi5] |
| 牢实 | láo shi | solid; strong; firm; secure |
| 嘴牢 | zuǐ láo | tight-lipped |
| 太牢 | tài láo | (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig) |
| 牢房 | láo fáng | jail cell; prison cell |
| 亡羊补牢 | wáng yáng bǔ láo | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than… |
| 牢记 | láo jì | to keep in mind; to remember |
| 记牢 | jì láo | to commit to memory |
| 满腹牢骚 | mǎn fù láo sāo | lit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining |
| 牢友 | láo yǒu | inmate; cellmate |